World We Imagine Part 3

 CareerBridge - A job platform for unprivileged high school graduates

The gap between being a high school, or even college graduate, and finding a job is one that is not easily filled. My struggle to find opportunities within a well-connected school such as USC has been slim. It took over a year for me to secure a summer internship, imagine finding a full-time job. Right now I still have financial support from my parents. Imagine struggling to support your life and also not having the option to work. If I can help underprivileged kids with even fewer resources and connect them to a stable, paying job that can help them start their lives, I want to take that opportunity!

The way CareerBridge will work is that it will have a database of underprivileged local students who are about to graduate high school or are under two years of school graduation and are interested in finding a job. The second database will have a server of employers and job roles and positions looking to hire minimally trained, high-school graduates. These employers will have undergone previous training from CareerBridge regarding trauma-informed care in which they are able to train and develop these students into quality employees. The students will go through an onboarding process with the employers and then be contracted to stay at these companies for at least one year, so there is a benefit to the employer. They will be paid above minimum wage for these jobs. The unique value behind CareerBridge is the trauma-informed training that all employers have. This means that they are extra sensitive to the traumatic pasts of these underprivileged students and all the situations they had to encounter growing up. They have an emotionally stable way to interact with these students and develop them into strong individuals. 

Anima Mundi Development Partners should support CareerBridge because of our mission to build up the leaders of tomorrow. Highschool students are the future of society and to ensure that the future is strong we need to build up students aspiring to create and innovate a bright world. Additionally, everyone in the workforce has had to go through the process of trying to build connections and get hired for a job. The process is hard for individuals who have connections and resources pushing them in the right direction, but what if you had nothing and no one to help you through that process. You were swallowed by the ocean which is the working world, and you don't know where to start so that you can achieve the first step to stabilizing your future life. That is where CareerBridge comes in! 

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